Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Computer1-Basic computer and internet skills2-Knowledge of Windows and Word

SEO3-Basic keyword research- how to do it well4-Basic SEO onsite and off site optimization techniques

Creating Written content5-How to do good researching for your writing6-How to write really well- in other words-- useful content7-How to constantly write more great articles ( how to write more quickly)8-How to format your writing for the web9-How and where to submit great articles that are optimized and have text links back to your site for optimization purposes

Web design and blog10-How to upload a site to your host11-How to manage and backup your site and blog12-How to protect yourself from spammers

List building13-How to build a list14-How to use email marketing (best one is aweber)

Social networking15-How to use social networking sites- rss functions on them, digg, etc.16- Netiquette

3 Additional but very helpful things to learn1-How to make great audio content2-How to make great video content3-How to use both audio and video to promote your site

In order to effectively understand how to do keyword research it is a great idea to understand wordtracker. You can keep using their free tool many times to find out great keyword phrases to search for.I suggest comprehending what wordtarcker is and does BEFORE actually spending hours using it. Here is theirFAQ page.It has helped me a looooot.Wordtracker`s data is based on mathematical equations that are very reliable- (my hubby is a physics teacher and explained to me how mathematics is an exact science and very reliable:-)In order ot understand what they are telling us we need to read the FAQ sections that explains it to us.In fact I did keyword research without fully comprehending before and simply analyzed the data wrong. Don’t make my mistake. Read and learn before trying to analyze.Also to truly understand competition go to google and write allintitle:“the keyword phrase you are researching” to find out how many pages have truly optimized for that keyword phrase.Also- these are excellent articles that gave me insight as to keyword research- highly recommended:

Lynn Terry has a wonderful forum with some really nice people who help out and offer advice. It`s called self starters weekly tips. I love going on there and talking to other internet marketers.It's a great place to hang out:)